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[FiiOM OL'Il OWN COKKESI’ONDENT.] LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Blu kf, February 5. The Rangitoto, Hugh Mackie, commander, anived at the Blufl' Wharf at 4 p.m. to-day. She left Melbourne at 5 p.m. on the 31st of January. Experienced strong head winds as far as Swan I-Lnd ; from thence until arriving at die Ulu 11 had moderately fair winds ami fine weather. Passengers for Otago—Mr and Mrs Steel, Miss Mu r, Mrs Muir, Messrs Moody, Gilebrht, Allan, Coey, and B. Allan. For Nelson—Mr Thos. Ferris. For Lyttelton— Mr Matthews. The Tararua arrived in Melbourne on the morning of the 31st January. Melbourne, Jan. 31. F'onr nominal, at Ll2 to Ll2 10s per ton. Feeding eraiu is slightly lower. Maize 3s 8d per bushel; wheat, 5s 4d ; cornsacks, ilsOd per doz. Sugars maintain an upward tendency. White, grey, and yellow crystals arc in demand. The Victoria Sugar Company have advanced another 20s. M artell’s case brandy, 24s ; Hennessy’a, 2Gs. Three dagger hra-id stout, 9s 3d, Exchange on London linn, 4 percent., sixty days' Downer’s kerosene, 2s 34<L Tea at auction ; Gunpowder, 10d ; Pekoe, Is l:|d. Currants linn at 4!|d. Wool sales : 800 bales sold ; competition less buoyant; greasy, 5d to 9,|,d; scoured, 9Ad to 15.1 d; fleece, lid to 15d. John Brougham, of St. Kikla, a squatter, is insolvent; liabilities, L2;>,000. The Ary us has published a senes of articles condemning ad valorem duties. Arrived. -Claud Hamilton, 2Gth ; Tararua, 31st. A detachment of the ISth Regiment sailed in the Lincolnshire. Tenders are called for conveying the second battalion of the 14th Regiment to England. Mr E. Denison, M. P. for Newark, son of the bishop of (Salisbury, died at the Melbourne Club. Mr J. 0. KinT, manager of the Aryut, and first Town Clerk of Melbourne, has died, and Avas buried in tbo Old Cemetery. William Davis has been committed for trial for the murder of Eliza Cassells at Treutham, Arraiv.'oments arc progressing for the amalgamation of both Hebrew congregations. It is proposed to build a magn fioent synagogue on the site of the Princess '1 heatre. Mr Graham Berry’s election is considered certain. Mr Rutherford, of Colac, contests the seat. Mr Aspinall has been returned for St. Kilda without opposition.
The Government propose remodelling the pilot service, and maintaining three permanent boats. Mr Akhurst received a splendid benefitlie had a bumper house. He leaves in February. William White was killed by machinery' at Harper’s rice mills. Mr and Mrs Steele are passengers by the Raiigitoto. Mr Kaynors Christy Minstrels sail for Auckland to-day. Mr Aitcheson, a French squatter at Hamilton, broke his neck while diving in five feet of water at Kennedy’s baths, St Kilda. Bishop Perry published a letter defending the course he pursued in re. Hayward. Thomas Moffatt, the first settler in the Warego district, died in the bush through thirst. The steamer Geelong sails to-morrow. Sydney. Parliament was opened by Coinmisno i on thc27r.h. Mr. Arnald was elected Speaker. The House then adjourned till Mr Cowpor’s election is over. Mr Robertson took his scat. Mr (,'owper has been returned for Liverpool Plains. Lady Belraore is in ill-health. The Joint Stock.Bank declared a dividend of 8 per cent. Wool sales brisk. The bulk of the catalogue was cleared at full rates. Captain Macklin, senior Marino Surveyor, died suddenly. Arrived at Newcastle, King Oscar, from Auckland. Mrs M‘Taggart, Burt’s mother-in-law, obtained a rule nisi for sequestration in Burt’s estate. Adelaide. Mr Baker carried a want of confidence motion in the Council. Mr Carr’s motion—“ That South Australia should join Victoria in guaranteeing a half per cent, to the company forming the telegraph line to King George’s Sound ” —was carried. Severe floods have taken place in the northern portion of the Colony, and most remarkable heavy losses have been sustained. The Treasury has stopped all payments till the Estimates are passed. The Pastoral Leases Bill proposes to extend the leases from ten to fourteen years. 'i’he Assembly refused a thousand pounds for the extension of the Governor’s residence. Shipping. Arrived : At Hobart Town, Eucalyptus, from Dunedin; at Melbourne, Maid of Krin, from Greyraoutb. SailedLismoro for Dunedin, on Jan. 31.
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2107, 5 February 1870, Page 2
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692SECOND EDITION. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2107, 5 February 1870, Page 2
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